The document was published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
“Citizens of the Russian Federation who have reached the age of 21 have the right to purchase civilian firearms of limited destruction, hunting weapons, smooth-bore long-barreled self-defense weapons,” reads the text of the amendments to the law.
An exception is made for persons who are or have completed military service, as well as service in state paramilitary organizations.
It was also decided to leave the threshold of 18 years for the purchase of hunting weapons for the small indigenous peoples of Russia.
Earlier, the State Duma adopted in the third reading a law introducing additional grounds for refusing to issue a license to acquire weapons and raising the age of acquiring hunting and smooth-bore long-barreled firearms for self-defense from 18 to 21 years.